During the first Gulf War, I heard an anecdote about that. A CNN camera crew showed up at a forward position, and asking if there were any dead bodies lying around that they could film. They were reportedly disappointed when they turned out not to be dead Americans.
I was just out of the Marine Corps when that went down. That strongly affected how I saw CNN thereafter.
The press was even nastier during the ‘83 war in Lebanon.
Still, at least the press came to the front during the 90-91 war.
I only saw one chaplain show up once between the time the bombing started until three days after we halted in Kuwait. Nearly all the chaplaincy stayed in the rear with the gear. I spent a lot of time in the 90s trying to persuade young pastors in civilian life to go meet the need for sincere pastoral guidance in the militarily.
Absolutely reprehensible.